Bottle stopper



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W. WARD.

BOTTLE STOPPER.

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WHITFIELD WARD, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO NORBERT R.WARD, OF SAME PLACE.

BOTTLE-STOPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 330,812, dated November17, 1885.

Application filed April 17, 1885. Serial No. 162,531. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WHITFIELD WARD, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Stoppers, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings.

My invention relates to a stopper for hottles and the like used forholding variouskinds of liquids.

The invention consists in a novel construction of a sliding stopper ofthe bottle and a novel construction of the mouth of the bottle, wherebythe mouth of the bottle is automatically opened or closed by theposition of the bottle, as hereinafter more particularly described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a longitudinal sectional viewof a bottle and stopper provided with my improvement. Fig. 2 embodies myinvention, and is a view partly in section arranged in a head. Figs. 3and 5 are detailed views. Fig. 4 is a detail front view of the stopperand its operating-weight.

' Similar letters indicate similar parts.

The letter A designates the neck of an ordinary bottle; B, a stopper ofrubber, and O a tube arranged in an outer tube, 0, forming anair-chamber, 0', between them, both of said tubes being connected attheir lower parts by a spider or skeleton frame, 70, and inserted in thestopper B. The upper ends of the tubes 0 and C may be connected in asuitable manner, so as to admit air into the chamber 0 at the upper sideof the mouth-piece, but prevent the passage of liquid through saidairchamber at the lower side of said mouth-piece. In some cases, insteadof having the tube 0 surrounded by another tube to form an airchamber,the tube C may be fitted directly in the stopper, and a groove orchannel may be formed on the side of the stopper farthest from themouth-piece to admit air into the bottle. The outer tube, 0, has flangesa on its lower ends. The outer tube, 0, has a substantially squareface-piece, 0', on its upper end, and which is provided with a flange,b, on its top and sides to form ways 0, to be used in the manner to bepresently described, while its lower end extends below the bottom of theD D designate two suitably-bent arms pivoted at 0, midway their length,as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 4, and having one of their ends attached tothe sliding stopper D and the other end provided with a suitable weightor weights, E. When the bottle is placed in its normal position andstands on its bottom, the weight E, acting on the sliding stopper D bymeans of the rigid arms D D, causes the sliding stopper D to pass overthe face-piece G, and to be held in position by means of the ways 0, andthe upper portion of said sliding stopper entering a recess, 8, in theface-piece, provided for the purpose of closely stopping the bottle, thesaid face-piece being in some instances composed of two kinds ofmaterial, such as rubber, to form packing at its top and sides, andmetal, with the rubber on the inner side of the metal, and having aprojecting lip, i, for entering the recess 8 in the face-piece.

WVhen it is desired to pour out the contents of the bottle, it issuitably inclined, and the weight E, acting on the sliding stopper D,causes it to be withdrawn from the face-piece G, as shown in dottedlines in Fig. 1 and in full dotted lines in Fig. 2, and when asufficient quantity is obtained the bottle is returned to its normalposition and the weight closes it, thus affording a bottle which isautomatically opened or closed, stopped or unstopped, by the position inwhich it may be placed.

In some instances I inclose my invention in a fancy covering-such as ahead, 1?, as shown in Fig. 2for the purpose of concealing its operation,and as an ornamentation. In such cases the lower jaw of the head ispivoted, and is connected to the stopper D, so as to move with it andrepresent the opening of the mouth when the bottle is inclined in orderto pour out the liquid. I

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is.-

1. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, of thetubular mouth-piece having a face-piece either made with 01' at- 3. Amouth-piece constructed as described,

having its working parts inelosed in a cover I 5 representing a head, P,with the lower jaw of said head connected to and moving with the slidingstopper, substantially as and for the purpose herein described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in 20 presence of twowitnesses.

WHITFIELD WARD.

Witnesses:

FRANCIS O. BOWEN, NORBERT R. WARD.

